Your lunchtime news bulletin.

Britain will not shut the door to European Union immigrants after Brexit but the Government wants people "with high skills" and better jobs for domestic workers, a Cabinet minister has said.

An off-duty policeman fought off the London Bridge terrorists with his bare hands, it emerged, as Scotland Yard revealed two more of its officers were injured in the attack.

British Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing demands to give honest answers to British MPs in Parliament about a failed test of the Trident nuclear deterrent.

PETER ANDRE has revealed he is to be a father again. The singer, 43, announced on Twitter that he is expecting his second child with wife EMILY MacDONAGH.

NORWAY: For one goldfish in Norway, it’s almost like being a fish out of water.

Greig Laidlaw has insisted Scotland “can’t go looking” to wind up Dylan Hartley - but refused to rule out benefiting from the new England captain’s clouded disciplinary history.

The coach of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes has revealed the 71-year-old explorer is overtaking people a quarter of his age during the Marathon des Sables.

A couple have claimed they were charged an extra £100 (€125) by a hotel after leaving an online review describing it as a “filthy, stinking hovel”.

The council that began legal action after brain tumour patient Ashya King was removed from hospital without his doctors’ consent has joined mounting calls for extradition proceedings against his parents to be dropped.

Relatives of a five-year-old brain cancer patient taken from hospital in England without doctors’ consent have described the decision to arrest his parents as “cruel”.

A jubilant Nigel Farage has insisted Ukip will be “serious players” at the British general election after the party landed major blows on the Tories and Labour in local polls there.

Debris has reportedly been found in the Atlantic Ocean in the area where UK yacht the Cheeki Rafiki went missing.

Facebook is very protective of its users’ privacy and personal data despite the use of personalised advertisements, the firm’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has said.

The inventor of the world wide web has called for a global digital “bill of rights” similar to the Magna Carta to protect internet users as the medium he created prepared to mark its 25th anniversary.

The inventor of the world wide web has called for a global digital “bill of rights” similar to the Magna Carta to protect internet users as the medium he created prepared to mark its 25th anniversary.

An independent study of pilot badger culls in England is said to have concluded that they were ineffective and too many animals suffered.

The Voice UK flop Bob Blakeley has a second chance at fame after songwriter Mike Batt offered to help him get a record deal live on TV.

Victims of Jimmy Savile have called for a single judge-led inquiry into how the former DJ was able to evade justice for so long.

One of the UK's biggest power distributors has promised to almost triple compensation for people affected by long-term power cuts following the Christmas storms which swept Britain.

David Beckham gave a glimpse of less glamorous aspects of his lifestyle today which include carrying the nappy bag and making the tea.

Two of the three women allegedly held as slaves for at least 30 years had lived in a “collective” with the man arrested after meeting through a “shared political ideology”, police have disclosed.

The discovery of three women allegedly held as slaves for 30 years is the “tip of a rather large iceberg”, according to an MP in charge of reviewing evidence of slavery in Britain.

The father of a boy killed by the IRA bomb attack in Warrington 20 years ago said he has not forgiven the terror group for murdering his son and described inviting its former commander Martin McGuinness to give a peace lecture in the town as an “audacious event”.

Johnny Depp has said he could retire from movie-making soon and described the life of an actor as “a kind of insane option for a human being”.

The G8 summit has a smart-casual dress code, George Osborne revealed today after eyebrows were raised at the British Prime Minister greeting world leaders in his rolled-up shirtsleeves.

A group of British tourists who were charged €64 for four ice creams in Rome have received an apology and have been invited to return to the Italian capital by its mayor.

A blind woman has spoken of her disappointment at being told by a travel company that she cannot fly unless she is accompanied by a carer.

There is "limited but growing evidence" that chemical weapons have been used in Syria's civil war, British Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

Dame Helen Mirren has revealed the inspiration behind her head-turning pink hairdo at the Baftas – US reality show America’s Next Top Model.

One of Lance Armstrong’s biggest critics today dismissed the former cyclist’s public show of contrition, labelling him “delusional”.

Pressure was growing today for criminal prosecutions to be brought against police officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster.

Victoria Pendleton admits her relegation in the first of her women’s sprint final heats against Australian rival Anna Meares left her stunned.

Britain’s gold medal heptathlon hero Jess Ennis this morning ruled out any chance of appearing in the individual 100 metres hurdles at London 2012.

Big Ben is to chime non-stop for three minutes to ring in the Olympic Games.

Portuguese police have refused to reopen the inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

The parents of Madeleine McCann are “hugely encouraged” by the momentum in the case of their missing daughter.

A ban on tobacco promotion comes into force today in a bid to cut down on the number of people smoking.

A quarter of all toddlers are lacking Vitamin D, according to research in the UK.

Alex Salmond has challenged David Cameron on his decision to veto agreement in the European Union.

A strike by up to two million public sector workers in Britain was hailed as “historic” today – closing schools, courts, museums and jobcentres, and disrupting transport, hospitals and Government departments.

Michael Jackson’s personal physician Dr Conrad Murray faces up to four years in prison after he was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of the star.

Jockeys riding in the UK will be further restricted as to how many times they can use the whip in a race.

Kara Tointon wants a 'Strictly Come Dancing' rulebook introduced to prevent confusion about the dances.